JUDGMENT
This is an appeal from the judgment and decree of the High Court of Kenya at Nairobi, (L. Njuguna, J.) dated 9th March, 2017. Gulf Energy Limited (the respondent) filed a suit against The Nation Media Group, The Managing Director, Daily Nation and Immaculate Karambu (the 1st to 3rd appellants respectively) claiming against them jointly and severally:-
“a) A permanent injunction restraining the defendants and each of them by themselves, their servants, agents, employees or otherwise howsoever from further printing, publishing or distributing or causing to be written, published and distributed any of the defamatory material contained in the said articles or such material as would be scandalous or defamatory to the plaintiff in any form or manner whatsoever; b) general damages on the footing of exemplary and aggravated damages on the basis of the matters pleaded in paragraph 18 herein -above;
c) costs of this suit;
d) interest on (b) and (c) above at such rates and for such period a…